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Canada’s ranter-in-chief, Rick Mercer, to release unheard diatribes

Also, PM Trudeau tries to woo the older vote with interview in Zoomer Magazine, and softball a team made up of NDP staffers are once again champions of the annual Parliament Hill Softball League.

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